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Posted on 1/17/26 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 1/17/26 at 1:37 pm
Joshua Caraway
@CoachJCaraway
A final Transfer Portal Update:
10,965 NCAA football players entered the portal.
- 3,972 FBS
- 2,771 FCS
- 4,222 D2/D3
Many have signed and are enrolled at new schools.
But 6,671 NCAA football players are active and hoping to sign.
- 1,619 FBS
- 1,782 FCS
- 3,270 D2/D3
40% of FBS portal guys are still looking.
64% of FCS portal guys are still looking.
77% of D2 and D3 portal guys are still looking.
Find a school. Get coached-up. Earn a degree. Win some ball games. Create relationships. Change your life.
Caraway X LINK
Josh Pate
@JoshPateCFB
Talking to GMs this morning - dozens of examples of players in the Portal asking if they can return to the team only to discover their spot has been filled
These are mostly NOT players who were forced into the Portal but rather players who listened to terrible advice from jackals posing as agents
Countless examples of players being told entering the Portal is a sound business decision with zero risk since the fallback option is your current roster spot
Other examples of the current team offering a reasonable $ figure and “agents” lacking the ability to even spell market rate convincing the player the offer is disrespectful
@CoachJCaraway
A final Transfer Portal Update:
10,965 NCAA football players entered the portal.
- 3,972 FBS
- 2,771 FCS
- 4,222 D2/D3
Many have signed and are enrolled at new schools.
But 6,671 NCAA football players are active and hoping to sign.
- 1,619 FBS
- 1,782 FCS
- 3,270 D2/D3
40% of FBS portal guys are still looking.
64% of FCS portal guys are still looking.
77% of D2 and D3 portal guys are still looking.
Find a school. Get coached-up. Earn a degree. Win some ball games. Create relationships. Change your life.
Caraway X LINK
Josh Pate
@JoshPateCFB
Talking to GMs this morning - dozens of examples of players in the Portal asking if they can return to the team only to discover their spot has been filled
These are mostly NOT players who were forced into the Portal but rather players who listened to terrible advice from jackals posing as agents
Countless examples of players being told entering the Portal is a sound business decision with zero risk since the fallback option is your current roster spot
Other examples of the current team offering a reasonable $ figure and “agents” lacking the ability to even spell market rate convincing the player the offer is disrespectful
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 1:47 pm to OU Guy
So much bad advice from vultures out there. Hopefully these guys can find a team soon.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 1:47 pm to OU Guy
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These are mostly NOT players who were forced into the Portal but rather players who listened to terrible advice from jackals posing as agents
But self serving advice from people that don’t have your best interests in mind is not a new thing.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 1:54 pm to Eldodroptop
Being in portal doesn't exclude you from returning to your school.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 1:59 pm to OU Guy
NFL agents make anywhere from 5 to 10 percent for their players’ contracts but in college football, they are charging 20 percent because these vultures are squeezing what they can out of the younger guys
Posted on 1/17/26 at 2:08 pm to OU Guy
I feel bad for some of these kids. There should be a way for them to get an assessment of their market value without entering the portal and losing a spot on their team.
there are probably a lot of them who weren't getting paid at all in the FCS or D2 and just wanted to see if maybe there wasn't a $50k spot out there somewhere. Now, they are presumably losing a college scholarship. Some of them will not be able to finish college.
To me that's less about greed and bad advice than just an unfortunate situation.
there are probably a lot of them who weren't getting paid at all in the FCS or D2 and just wanted to see if maybe there wasn't a $50k spot out there somewhere. Now, they are presumably losing a college scholarship. Some of them will not be able to finish college.
To me that's less about greed and bad advice than just an unfortunate situation.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 2:17 pm to Quicksilver
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Being in portal doesn't exclude you from returning to your school.
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dozens of examples of players in the Portal asking if they can return to the team only to discover their spot has been filled
Posted on 1/17/26 at 3:16 pm to Nasty_Canasta
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NFL agents make anywhere from 5 to 10 percent for their players’ contracts but in college football, they are charging 20 percent because these vultures are squeezing what they can out of the younger guys
NFL is capped at 3% of their contracts. Endorsements depend on your deal with agency.
College agents are taking 10-15% of NIL deals and their justification is that since the college guys are getting paid “less” they need to charge a higher percentage to equal what they get from NFL guys. Ignore the fact that there are 11,560 scholarship football players just in FBS alone and that doesn’t include the roughly 3k extra not on scholarship at that level. Then you have FCS on down (granted there isn’t a lot of NIL money being spent at that level and below).
Posted on 1/17/26 at 5:56 pm to Quicksilver
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Being in portal doesn't exclude you from returning to your schoo
Problem is your school went out and got a replacement for your spot. If you go back you are likely a deep depth piece with zero NIL. So you lose both ways. Lost what NIL you had plus lost your spot and won’t be able to showcase your skills barring injuries.
These agents are not explaining repercussions well, only convincing them how much they can make. When its the agent who makes out.
Need an agent grading system. So players can learn who to stay away from
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:00 pm to Ellis_Hugh
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So much bad advice from vultures out there.
Hey!
His NAME is Lane, thank you very much.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:03 pm to OU Guy
I would think NFL teams considdr it greatly when choosing some to draft.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 9:08 am to Gatorbait2008
2026 Texas Transfer Portal, Link goes to an interactive map for Texas transfer players in and out. The article only talks about the defense. Muschamp got the kind of players he wanted.
Texas Transfer Portal
Hated to lose some of the the guys, but they made their choices. All but 1 transfer out found a new home, a RB who left the team for personal reasons, and might have quit playing football.
Some will get more playing time, but whether or not it was the best long term move,... we'll see. Trey Wisner's best 4 games at Texas were against OU & A&M. He was a Texas kid who had free food and drinks in Austin for life, and walked away from it, to end up at Florida State.
The days of signing 3 high end high school WR's in 1 year are over. But, the good news is the monies saved by having non-starters leaving opened the door for some older, experienced incoming transfers.
Texas Transfer Portal
Hated to lose some of the the guys, but they made their choices. All but 1 transfer out found a new home, a RB who left the team for personal reasons, and might have quit playing football.
Some will get more playing time, but whether or not it was the best long term move,... we'll see. Trey Wisner's best 4 games at Texas were against OU & A&M. He was a Texas kid who had free food and drinks in Austin for life, and walked away from it, to end up at Florida State.
The days of signing 3 high end high school WR's in 1 year are over. But, the good news is the monies saved by having non-starters leaving opened the door for some older, experienced incoming transfers.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 10:49 am to OU Guy
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These agents are not explaining repercussions well, only convincing them how much they can make. When its the agent who makes out.
How is the agent "making out" if the player doesn't find a new team and loses his NIL from his old one?
You'd think that the logical outcome of that would be that the player would get a different agent.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 10:56 am to OU Guy
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.... but haven't all FCS and D2 players had the ability to transfer with minimal restriction, long before the Portal existed? If that's true, it's important context that is missing from OP.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 10:59 am to Ellis_Hugh
quote:That's exactly what they are. Hoping to take a percentage off whatever NIL or Rev Share an athlete receives.
So much bad advice from vultures out there.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 11:02 am to Quicksilver
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Being in portal doesn't exclude you from returning to your school.
Lol
Dude, Jay Johnson told every single player on the LSU baseball team last year if you enter the portal there is no coming back to LSU.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 11:24 am to Tammany Tom
quote:Good for him. Every coach should do this.
Jay Johnson told every single player on the LSU baseball team last year if you enter the portal there is no coming back to LSU.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 11:26 am to OU Guy
OKST had 60-64 players enter the portal depending upon which source you use. We signed our 50th player this week. It may be 51 now. I don't know how many of those who entered the portal found new teams, but some are probably going to be left scrambling.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 11:27 am to Gunga Din
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How is the agent "making out" if the player doesn't find a new team and loses his NIL from his old one?
You'd think that the logical outcome of that would be that the player would get a different agent.
Because these agents are dealing in volume. If they hit on 75% thats a lot of money. And they charge a higher premium percentage compared to NFL.
It doesn’t cost them money to get someone to leave. They care only to try and get them a new deal. If it fails oh well they have hundreds more. The more they get to portal the more money they make even if its not 100% hit rate.
And they make the players sign agreements to use them. There is no standards or policing of agents and this is where NCAA has failed. They could have a certification and grading system for agents. And if the agent does bad they could blacklist them.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 11:29 am to OU Guy
Good, FAFO.
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